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January 3, 2013

'Mimesis' coming to Blu-ray and DVD

Heading to Blu-ray and DVD from Anchor Bay on February 12th is Mimesis, from director Douglas Schultz. The film stars Sid Haig and Courtney Gains, as well as featuring a cameo from Bill Hinzman, and is about a group of horror fans that attend a special screening, only to find themselves deep in the heart of the action. Looks like it could be a good time to me.

MIMESIS

Turning the classic horror film NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD

into a real life nightmare February 12th on Blu-ray™ and
DVD

Beverly Hills, CA – Why watch a
horror film when you can live one?

For over a century, fans have had
their blood curdled and spins chilled by the vicarious thrills of horror films.
Whether populated by ghouls, slashers, zombies or vampires, fans flocked to
have their pulse quickened and exercise their scream-generating skills. But one
thing remained constant: eventually the story ended, because it was only a movie. What if it didn’t
have to end? What if the next level of horror was to experience a horror film from the inside?

Already the fan and critical
favorite from over 15 notable film festivals, Anchor Bay Entertainment presents
the next evolutionary turn in horror entertainment with the February 12th
release of Mimesis on Blu-ray™ and DVD.

Starring genre favorites Courtney
Gains (Children of the Corn, Back to the
Future) and Sid Haig (Rob Zombie’s
Halloween, The Devil’s Rejects, House of 1000 Corpses), with a special cameo
by original Night of the Living Dead
star Bill Hinzman and featuring a song from the multi-platinum selling band Insane
Clown Posse, Mimesis is already on its way to becoming the next great cult
horror film! Fans will also have the opportunity
to experience Mimesis at special event screenings across the country.

Mimesis’ inventive
concept has won over fans at festivals spanning the globe, including FesTerror
in Barcelona; Fantastic Estepona in Spain, where it won awards for Best
Director and Best Original Score; the Shock Stock Horror Convention in Ontario,
Canada; CineQuest in San Jose; the Los Angeles Fear & Fantasy Film
Festival, where it won Honorable Mention for Best Picture; awarded Best
Screenplay at the La Samain du Cinema Fantastique in Nice, France and most
recently winning Best Feature Film at the 2012 Living Dead Film Festival.

In the film, a group of horror fans
find themselves unwilling participants in a living nightmare that pays homage
to a classic horror film. Seven complete strangers whose only common link is a
love for classic era horror films are invited to attend an exclusive “horror
fan” party at a remote farm. But as the sun sets, these strangers soon find
themselves within a real life version of the 1968 George Romero cult horror
classic Night of the Living Dead!

Mimesis is directed by
Douglas Schulze, with screenplay by Joshua Wagner and Schulze. Kurt Eli Mayry,
Schulze and Gavin Grazer produced, with original music composed by Diego
Navarro.